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February 15, 2009
You'll Have to Do Better Than That.
Last week, Ron Littlefield failed to get the endorsement of several groups that had endorsed him last go-round, but he did manage to get the endorsement of the Chattanooga Area Labor Council this week. While that in itself is not a surprise--Littlefield has been in bed with the unions his entire career (smoke-filled backrooms being his native environment). What I found astonishing about the endorsement was the ridiculously up-is-down nature of the reason they cited: Ron's commitment to improving neighborhoods.
Say what?!? Which neighborhoods? MLK? Brainerd? I can't think of a neighborhood that has been improved by public money or mayoral action in Ron's tenure. The MLK neighborhood has been besieged for the last four years by Ron's obsessive desire to create a Southeastern Homeless Magnet Complex in their neighborhood.
Oh, and btw, there was a letter to the editor (a Littlefield campaign planted letter, no doubt) that gave Ron credit for the softball fields at Warner Park. The letter writer may just be uninformed, or just a Littlefiend, but the money and plans for those fields were a part of former Mayor Kinsey's ReCreate 2008 parks plan, that was put in motion TEN YEARS AGO. Sorry, Ron, not gonna let you take credit for another man's work. Again.
Back to my original point about neighborhoods. Now, it's true that there has been a great renaissance in the Main Street area near Market Street during Littlefield's term, but that's all due to foundation money and influence and RiverCity--Littlefield's arch-nemisis. Ron had nothing to do with Main Street and I can tell you that the people in that area bristle when he pops up trying to claim credit. Or worse, his pathetic attempt to link himself to CreateHere's efforts in a letter to the editor in the Times Free Press last August.
Littlefield has done NOTHING for neighborhoods, and I have no idea why he'd try to claim otherwise. All any citizen has to do is look out his or her window to see the (non) evidence of that.
So Ron, when you are handing out talking points to your cohorts, try to find some that don't make readers do a spit-take onto their daily newspaper. If you're going to try to convince us that black is white, hot is cold or that Ron Littlefield is an effective mayor--you'll have to do better than 'committed to neighborhoods.'
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| By Billy Blades | 11:46 PM
